Is Zelda an RPG?

[Aeolus451]

RolStoppable said:

Mnementh said:

archer9234 said:
RPG stands for Role Playing game. You're playing a character. Zelda is a RPG. Unless you want to have a subcategory of Role Stat building Playing Game.

Well, you play a role in nearly every video game. Foloowing that definition Mario or Doom are Role Playing games. The video game role playing games follow the pen&paper-rpgs (and these were created before video games existed), so I would say the main thing is that you as a player create and develop a character. Link is always the same, despite who plays him. So Zelda is not a Role Playing Game (it's an action-adventure actually). The character in Demons Souls is formed by the player: looks, stats, weapon or spell choice, class and so on - Demons Souls is a RPG.

Good luck pushing that definition on fans of JRPGs where you almost always play as a predetermined character or party.

Final Fantasy, Persona, Tales of, suikoden, breath of fire.... Just to name some off the top of my head.  Zelda fits perfectly as a japanese action role-playing-game